Improvement in methods of putting in hat-sweats



0. P. BOSWORTH. Method of Putting in Hat-Sweats.

No.'l98,338. Patented Dec. 18,1877.

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OHARLES F. BOSWORTH, OF MILFORD, CONNECTIOUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN METHODS OF PUTTING IN HAT-SWEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,338, dated December18, 1877; application filed November 30, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAs. F. Boswonrn, of Milford, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in theMethod of Putting in Hat- Sweats; and I do hereby declare the following,when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the lettersof reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, and which said draw- ,ings constitute part of thisspecification, and

represent, in-

Figure 1, a transverse section of the hat; Fig. 2, the method ofattaching the sweat; and, in Fig. 3, transverse section of the sweat.

This invention relates to an improvement in the method of attachingsweats for which Letters Patent Were granted to Nathan A. Baldwin, May16,1866; reissued July 3, 187 7, No. 7 ,771.

In that patent the sweat was constructed with an annular fiange orextension projecting outward onto the brim, so that the sweat wassecured to the brim by a line of stitches perpendicular to and throughsaid brim and extension of the sweat. While that accomplishes the objectof the invention-to wit, the extension of the sweat onto the brim-tomore perfectly separate the angle of the crown and brim from the head,the line of stitches is exposed upon the under side of that extension,and the edge of the extension is also exposed.

The object of this invention is to hide the stitches, as well as to moreperfectly finish the exposed edge of the sweat; and it consists indoublin g the outer edge of the sweat, and extending the doubled portiononto the brim, and securing the sweat to the brim by a line of stitchesthrough that portion of the said doubled extension which lies next thebrim, and so that the stitches will lie between the two parts of thesaid doubled portion, as more fully hereinafter described.

The sweat is first stretched at the edge, or brought into the shapeshown in transverse section, Fig. 3, doublin g at the angle a, andforming an internal fian ge, b, the part c forming the sweat proper, orthat portion which comes next the head. Thus shaped, the sweat isapplied to the brim d, as seen in Fig. 2, the sweat extending outward ordownward from the brim, as shown in that figure. A line of stitches, e,is then run through both the brim and the part b of the sweat which liesdirectly upon the brim, and so that the stitches on the under side ofthe brim come inside the sweat. After having been thus stitched, thesweat is turned inward, as seen in Fig. 1, leaving the angle a upon thebrim, and forming the extension of the sweat onto the brim, thisextension being substantially the same as in the said Baldwin patent,but is doubled, and the line of stitches, being within the doubledportion, is hidden, and the doubling of the edgethat is, the angle tiforms a neat finish to the sweat.

It will be evident from the foregoing that I do not broadly claim thesweat-lining of a hat secured by a succession of stitches perpendicularto the brim and outside the plane of the crown; but

What I do claim is- The method herein described of attaching sweats,consisting in doubling the lower edge of the sweat and turning thedoubled edge outward, to form an extension onto the brim, and securingit by a line of stitches through the upper part of the said doubledportion and the brim, substantially as described.

CHARLES F. BOSWORTH.

Witnesses:

J oHN E. EARLE, H. A. KLsoN.

